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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1941

1,285 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 25 of 65

"Missing" Soldier Reported Safe And Well

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 1

Reported missing a fortnight ago, Hombardier Kevin Sheekey, formerly of Wagga and Goulburn, has now cabled to his…

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Soldier Hurt Found On Roadway

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 2

A soldier from the Show-ground Camp was admitted to hospital at the weekend suffering from comparatively slight…

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War in Africa Quiet In The North

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 May 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): The General headquarters' communique says there is nothing to report from Tobruk. At Sollum our artillery is…

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War Prisoners Pass Through Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 May 1941 · page 2

During the last 48 hours a number of trains have passed through Goulburn with full complements of Italian prisoners of war who…

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State and War Committee Is Formed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 May 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A permanent State War Effort Co-ordination Committee will be created by the State Government…

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War Honour Roll Goulburn Enlistments

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 1

Considerable difficulty is being experienced in compilling this city's war honour roll. Many enlistments are recorded away from Goulburn, whilst…

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Killed in Action Man From Young District

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 1

Mr. Jim Mclnerney, of Young, has received word of the death of his nephew, Private Jim Ryan, who was killed in the fighting in Greece or…

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War Savings Group Scheme Success

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

Striking proof of the importance of the group system in the dive for War Savings certificate sales is shown by the fact…

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War Effort "Too Many Appeals"

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

"No other towns in New South Wales except Wagga and New- castle were able to raise their quota for the Comforts Day…

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War Good for London's Health!

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

Emphasising the "silver lining to Great Britain's struggle to get enough to eat, Lord Woolton remarked that "dyspepsia from overeating is…

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"Mistakes" Of The War British and German

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

Any attempt to invade England by sea is "almost certain to fail," Dr. Herbert Rosinski, former lecturer on military and naval…

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War with Japan Trend Of U.S.A. Opinion

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

Surveys of public opinion by the comparatively short period of a marked trend in sentiment in the comparati[?]ly short period of…

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Rugby League and the War Effort (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

Sir,—I crave space in your good paper to bring before the promoters of Rugby League Football in Yass a suggestion that the followers of the…

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South Africa's Big Part Helping Empire to Win the War

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

It is being increasingly realised that the work on the home front in every one of the countries forming part of the British…

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Y.w.c.a. Plays Large Role in War in China

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 3

One of the most amazing first aid units in the Chinese war has grown out of the organisation of forty industrial girls into a St. John…

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India Playing an Immense Part in Empire's War Effort Enormous Expansion Of Output

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

India's central geographical position, vast and varied natural resources, great reservoir of man-power and considerable industrial equipment mark her out as an ideal supply base for all points of strategic consequence from the Middle East to Malaya…

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Soldiers Farewelled At Private Functions

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

Owing to such insufficient notice being given it was found impossible to arrange public farewells to two soldiers this…

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W.V.S. More Soldiers’ Addresses Wanted

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 4

The roster for members on duty at the W.V.S. depot for the first half of June is as follows:— Tuesday, June 3: Mrs. Maitland…

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"War Not So Bad" Soldier's Letter Home

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 4

"Except for the big guns going off occasionally and a bomber or or two flitting around we would not know there was a war on,"…

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Late War News

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 May 1941 · page 5

A message from Cairo States that the car containing the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, capsized when the tire…

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